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Wineries welcome tasting tourists

Wineries welcome tasting tourists
By Ben Antonius | Daily Republic | April 05, 2009



Ledgewood Creek Winery employee Muguette Rinaldi pours wine for a customer in the winery's tasting room recently. Ledgewood and other local wineries are participating in the Suisun Valley Passport Sunday event on April 19. Photo by Brad Zweerink

FAIRFIELD - In hopes of drawing more visitors to Suisun Valley wineries, the area will hold its first 'Passport Sunday' tasting tour April 19.

The Suisun Valley Grape Growers Association recently formed a vintners committee for the growing number of wineries in the area, and the committee's first public event will be a day trip during which people can visit the seven major wineries and sample their products.

'It is a chance for folks to come out and taste and travel,' said Tracy Ellison, agricultural ambassador for the area. 'We will be pairing the wines with local restaurants.'

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